Sharing updates from the Vega ecosystem and sometimes slightly beyond. To chat, learn and discuss more join us on Discord, Vega Forum and Twitter.
Korea Blockchain Week
Watch Vega co-founder and protocol designer Barney alongside most other key DeFi voices on-demand for Korea Blockchain Week's Netflix style event. In this talk, Barney explains the underlying value of derivatives, why it's an industry ripe for disruption through decentralisation, and how this is done through Vega. For more Vega, sign up for Dystopia Labs' Cosmos event December 12th where you'll see Tamlyn, Vega's other co-founder and Head of Markets.
Market Club
This week marks two big milestones; we saw the first community launched market on testnet and we're launching Vega Market Creation Club 🎉 Lead by Tamlyn, co-founder and Head of Markets; together, you'll learn what makes for a healthy market, how to set the correct parameters, and how to launch markets on the Vega Testnet. This is an excellent opportunity to become a markets expert and if you’re interested please sign up here. To learn more about the market creation protocol, watch Tamlyn's last talk at Dystopia Labs Liquidity 2020 conference.
Vega Weekly
Found a bug? Getting stuck with the APIs? Simply want to chat? Come to the new Vega Weekly session. Starting next Thursday, every week Vega core engineers and researchers will be here to answer your questions, help you get unblocked and if you haven't been set up on the testnet, help you do so. We're hosting these in the Vega discord server every Thursday 6-7pm BST. Here's a calendar invite.
Community Core
We're seeking founding members of community core; a group of individuals keen to drive the Vega community upwards, outwards, and onward. We're looking for self-starters with a deep interest in Vega, derivatives, and a desire to get more involved. All skills and levels are welcome. If you're keen to join please get in touch with me either at christina@vega.xyz or dm at discord at christina#0297
Community Call
For the latest news from the Vega ecosystem tune in and join the Community Call next Tuesday. We're moving these to Discord and you can participate by writing, audio or video. We'll be sharing the link to join in our Discord on Tuesday at 6pm BST. Here's a calendar invite and if you want to watch the last ones and see the notes please see here.
This Week in Crypto
This segment was previously to be found in the Vega forum but will from now on feature here. It's Daigan's roundup of the latest news from the cryptosphere.
TWIC 20-Nov-2020 Be careful, the bulls are running:
Just under 20 days ago we nodded our heads towards Bitcoin as it crossed over the $14,000 price point. Today, it pushed past $18,500 and it continues its gradual upward trajectory towards the lauded all-time high of ~$20k. Market confidence is positive, but as those that lived through 2018 know, anything can happen in crypto (so be careful).
The Ethereum network continues its journey towards ETH2.0. The network requires 524,288 ETH coupled with 16,384 validators before Phase 0 (Beacon Chain) of the proposed upgrade is able to commence. The Beacon Chain is scheduled to launch in the coming December 2020. Given that the chain still requires some 400,000 ETH to be staked, some speculate that there'll either be delays or a significant increase in assets staked. Track progress with the Twitter Bot.
Blackrock's Chief Investment Officer, Rick Rieder, has gone on record saying that Bitcoin "could take the place of gold to a large extent". Whilst his general sentiment around cryptocurrency remains positive - "I think cryptocurrency is here to stay" - he doesn't brand himself a Bitcoin bull or "include it much in business and corporate portfolios".
- Christina 🌻